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Cyber and Information Security Lessons from the Titanic Disaster

On the day the Titanic sank the crew received 7 iceberg warnings, yet such was the competition to make the crossing in 6 days orders were given to maintain the speed of the ship in the mistaken belief they could carry on unaffected.

Now if the crew had heeded the warnings to slow down they would have stood a much better chance of avoiding the icebergs and in particular of course the iceberg that led to their sinking.

That's not to say good security means you need to slow down.

Whilst not wishing to mix metaphors brakes were not added to cars to make them go slower, quite the opposite - brakes were needed to allow cars to go faster.

Just maybe don't ignore the warnings in the belief that somehow you will remain unaffected as you sail you own ships through seas unfortunately filled with icebergs.

Contact us to see how we can help you steer your ships and stay safe as you do business in an increasingly connected world

Black Arrow AdminSeptember 1, 2020cyber security, infosec, information security, tip tuesday, video, lessons learned

Our latest Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday video is now live, in this week's episode "Cyber lessons we can learn from the Titanic, and why brakes were needed to be added to cars"

Welcome to this week's Black Arrow cyber tip Tuesday, this week we are talking about lessons we can learn from the Titanic.

Cyber security is a lot like the titanic, people often ignore warnings until it's too late. The day the Titanic sank the crew received seven iceberg warnings, yet such was the competition to make the crossing in six days, orders were given to maintain the speed of the ship.

They thought they could ignore the warnings and steamed on ahead in the mistaken belief they would be unaffected.

Now, if they'd heeded the warnings and slowed down they would have stood a better chance of avoiding the icebergs, and in particular the iceberg that led to their sinking.

That's not to say good security means you need to slow down, not wishing to mix my metaphors but brakes were not added to cars to make them go slower, brakes were a necessity to be added to cars to allow them to go faster.

So don't slow down necessarily, just maybe don't avoid the warnings and don't believe that somehow you will remain safe as you steer your own ships through a see unfortunately filled with icebergs.

Antony ClealDecember 3, 2019cyber, cyber security, tip tuesday, blog, lessons learned, guernsey, information security

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